02-04-2010, 01:44 PM
The term "Gaesum" came from the indoeuropean root *ghei, "to put something in movement".
You an find the same root in the germanic "Gaida" "spearhead".
The main carachter is something that is hurled/fired/thrown.
However "Gaesum" and "Soliferreum" are synonyms, so Gaesum is an all-iron javelin.
The weapon with long iron socketed shank and a large (not always) barbed head is more correctly defined "Saunia" or "Saunion", and the first exaples of this kind of weapon are finded in Villanovian context.
However, the Saunion/Saunia is also defined by the Greeks as a javelin.
You an find the same root in the germanic "Gaida" "spearhead".
The main carachter is something that is hurled/fired/thrown.
However "Gaesum" and "Soliferreum" are synonyms, so Gaesum is an all-iron javelin.
The weapon with long iron socketed shank and a large (not always) barbed head is more correctly defined "Saunia" or "Saunion", and the first exaples of this kind of weapon are finded in Villanovian context.
However, the Saunion/Saunia is also defined by the Greeks as a javelin.